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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1907
Page
31
Health officers publish strict limits on who may attend funerals of deaths from diphtheria scarlet fever or epidemic cerebro spinal meningitis. Adult immediate family members two other adults and necessary personnel only may attend. Remains must be carried in closed caskets and public gatherings restricted until April 9 with penalties for violations.
Commissioners announced personnel changes including H McAuley as architectural draftsman at 2.50 per day. J D Stout and Robert Bence resignations accepted. F K Steele resigns as machinist and J T Naumann becomes machinist at 1200. P G Melbourne promoted to inspector at 1200 per year. W EF Allen and James W Parker named skilled laborers at 2.30 per day. J A Moore appointed heeper at Washington Asylum. Martha Matthews resignation as cook accepted.
The Wirefighter sails from Seventh Street today to Baltimore for bow reinforcement and brawler sheathing to become a tougher class icebreaker. Captain Timothy J. Brown commands with E W Reed and R A Harrison as engineers and pilots J B Raleigh and W H Kullman. Ship will start at Skinner Shipbuilding. Work to take twenty one days at a cost of 3900 dollars.
A fragment describes visitors using the Norfolk and Washington steamer line to reach historic Old Dominion sites. It notes daily departures year round from Norfolk and Point Comfort at 25 p.m. and mentions quick access to local points of interest. It also states educational contest entries must be in by 6 p.m. Monday, April 2.
A reader commends The Post editorial A Soldier of 1861-1965 praising Joseph Benson Foraker. The writer argues Foraker is the last veteran suitable for president and urges fellow veterans to rally for his 1908 Republican nomination, warning party managers to heed the mobilized old soldier vote.
Washington commissions will host a conference with physicians chemists and officials to draft a bill to overhaul the milk supply for residents. Leaders named include Dr. Woodward Dr. Shute Dr. Davis and many others from medical scientific and trade groups. Commissioner Macfarland notes long effort to improve milk quality and cites Surgeon General Wyman on typhoid link.
William R. McCloskey asks the District Supreme Court to force Mary Schaefer executrix to pay him 618.7 as one half of 1,027.60 trustees commission on a property sale in Patch. McCloskey and Schaefer were joint trustees. Schaefer died November 1901. He says he learned October 15, 1905, that Schaefer charged the commission, noting they customarily did not take commissions when acting for the National Permanent Building Association and proceeds did not fully repay the association.
James Leonard president of the Retail Liquor Dealers Association of the District of Columbia died Thursday night at Providence Hospital after a short illness. Funeral from the family residence in Anacostia Sunday at 4 pm with burial in Congressional Cemetery under Masonic auspices. He was linked with Uniontown Building and Loan Association Anacostia Citizens' Association Business Men's Association Grand Army and Masonic circles. Edward Vincent Rice a Catholic fraternal society man union printer and hotel proprietor died Thursday night at 148 C Street SE aged 53. He was a native of the city and after school served as a riding page for the Senate then the Government Printing Office. He later operated a hotel at 145 B Street SE. Funeral arrangements not yet completed.
The board of examiners in veterinary medicine organized after appointment by the Commissioners and elected officers President D B Buckingham Vice President John Lockwood and Secretary Treasurer Hulbert Young. By laws will be adopted and submitted to the Commissioners for approval within a few days.
Franklin Lodge No 2 Knights of Pythias hosted an Easter social in Pythian Temple last night with a program of selected songs by Nell M Neal Miller Roe Fulkerson and Dr Benjamin Madert among others. The events are monthly and draw families and friends of Pythians.
Editor slams Humane Society and Police Court officials for allegedly discrediting experienced horse owners and veterinarians. He urges an investigation, accuses judges of bias, and calls Washington residents to join the Horse Owners' Protective Association to halt perceived persecution of small merchants and horse owners.
Filipino student Miguel Nicolao from Normal, Tennessee, earns interscholastic honors after winning a gold medal at the State Normal School. He will represent Illinois in an interstate oratorical contest with participants from Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. A Philippine sextet thrives at Cornell University, and DeKalb Normal School hosts a Filipino football triumph over the faculty. Nineteen Filipinos study in the U.S. under Philippine government wards, mostly at regional state schools.
Mrs. Florence A. McComas, 45, wife of druggist H. M. McComas, shot herself in the hallway of her third floor home on M L street NW after a history of melancholia and typhoid fever. She had attempted suicide once before in February, cutting her throat, and died at Emergency Hospital after the noon incident. The coroner ruled death by self-inflicted wound.
Superintendent Sylvester urges boys to fish during warm days as a constructive pastime. He notes protests over ball games and skating by youths, says amateur play on vacant lots with owner permission is tolerable if there is no profanity or disorderly conduct. Damage or broken windows would rest with the offender.
Columbian College senior students prepare for the annual Davis prize speaking event at George Washington University on Tuesday evening, April 2. Three gold medals fund by Isana Davis LL D of Massachusetts. Award committee includes Arthur T Ramgay James Sharp and Stephen E Kramer. Contestants and topics listed with musical selections by Harry Hamilton Campbell and James MacDermott Sheridan.
Colored residents led by James F Armstrong and others urged the county commissioners to block closing Lincoln Douglas Burrville and nearby schools if an new Deanwood school is built. Officials denied planned abandonments and said the new facility may start work next month.
The superintendent recommended and the commissioners approved the appointment of special policemen from the Masonic fair public comfort and order committee. Duty runs at Convention Hall from April 15 to 27. Appointees include numerous doctors and professionals such as John E. Welsh George HK Bain H W Barker Edmund Barry W M Barton J D Braidi nl J W Chappell D M Coombe Clifford Cox GR Detour R Bf Ellyson W C Fowler FB Gibson A J Hell M Hammett D P Hickling G B Heinecke W L Jackson H M Kaufman S Lathrop D Olin Leach BR Lynch HT A Lemon H B Martyn EB Morgan S B Nichols A M Ray GH Sorrell John Stoutenburgh W F Wagner G A Weaver W E Whitson Oscar Wilkinson Nowra T P Morgan H B Hease T 2 Amiss Charles H Baker J Frank Button Leater Barr KK Berrymen C O Coombs J H Cunningham D M Cridler H D Feist Jens P Grant Benjamin Graves W F Gatchell W M Garrett W F Gude John Henderom ire W H Harrison F Warren dJobasop Charles J Jomen Andrew W Kelley Gus J Kargar Charles H Horts George W Koonce Ralph W Lee George J Mueller Ir 5 A Manuel Francis Nye P B Otterbuck Jamen FP Quater Andrew Farker O O Rogers O J Ricketts S S Shedd FB Sherry John Speed Smith Ey St Gkalr Thompson MH T Wheeler L C Wilson P L Webb Alexander Wolf B F Smith.
St Stephens Institute Dramatic Club presents The Polish Jew for the Ancient Order of Hibernians division benefit at National Rifles Armory on Tuesday April 16. Cast includes J T Robinson Patrick Griffin Joseph F Sheehan and others. After the performance there will be dancing with committee chair Joseph Frank and officers listed.
An excerpt discusses long term diet costs comparing bread meat butter fish rice and vegetables with figures for a lifetime. It then lists Florida Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard notices for train departures arrivals and connections, including sleeper and dining car services, offices and agents in Washington.
A vivid slice of baseball fandom from the Birmingham Age-Herald describes fans boarding trolley cars to reach the park. The piece highlights the crowd’s eagerness to watch Casey bat, the roar of supporters, and the thrill that makes other joys seem small beside a fast, exciting game.
A Washington market dealer touts carrots as spring medicine. He learned the habit from an elderly customer who swears by eating one or two raw carrots daily for a month, praising the carrots as sound, crisp, and healthful. The old man is described as vigorous and youthful in appearance.
The District women prepare for an Easter offering service at Foundry Church on Easter Sunday at 3 PM. Mrs. F. M. Bristol and Mrs. J. F. Engle will speak, Miss Pierce will sing, and Mrs. N. M. Huston will preside. The event aims to gather Easter offering envelopes distributed by Easter offerings superintendent Mrs. H. R. Naylor.
Early 200 Mayans of eighteenth to thirty third ranks paid tribute to Free Mansantry and the Scottish Rite branch. Thursday evening the annual ante Haster custom of extinguishing the lights was observed at the Cathedral on G street northwest with speakers Wise Master Elmer EB Simpson Dr Francis J Woodman W E An grows Judge Ivory G Kimball Terence y Powderly and Samuel Gompera.
A famed metropolitan physician extols a home recipe to improve complexion through digestion and health. The article cites a compound of Catand Ir, Essence of Pepsin, and Sirup of Ginger to be taken after meals and at night, along with simple, well-chewed food to revive vitality and brighten eyes. The piece emphasizes health as the key to beauty and social ease.
Oak Hill Cemetery burial to follow funeral services at the residence of her brother John Joy Edson. Mrs Mark died after three days with pneumonia at her son Le Roy Marks home.
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